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suffers fools gladly

suffers fools gladly is the third-person singular simple present indicative of suffer fools gladly.

Meaning of suffer fools gladly

Verb

suffer fools gladly (third-person singular simple present suffers fools gladly, present participle suffering fools gladly, simple past and past participle suffered fools gladly)

  1. (idiomatic) To be tolerant of stupidity or incompetence in other people.
    • For ye ſuffre foles gladly be cauſe that ye youre ſelves are wyſe.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians xj:[19], folio ccxlv, recto

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What is suffers fools gladly the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Suffers fools gladly is the third-person singular simple present indicative of suffer fools gladly.

Words near suffers fools gladly in the dictionary

  1. Suffern
  2. sufferner
  3. sufferners
  4. Sufferns
  5. suffers
  6. suffers fools gladly
  7. suffers from
  8. suffers in silence
  9. suffete
  10. suffetes
  11. suffice

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